Proverbs 29:20

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.